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Re: No MSM bias to see here... move along..

"The most dangerous myth is the demagoguery that business can be made to pay a larger share, thus relieving the individual. Politicians preaching this are either deliberately dishonest, or economically illiterate, and either one should scare us...
Only people pay taxes, and people pay as consumers every tax that is assessed against a business."

Re: No MSM bias to see here... move along..

Originally Posted by BlackDragon24

Considering that federal funding covers approximately 1-3% of their budget every year, I'm pretty sure they'll be fine.

That's a false statement and you prolly know it. They might only directly get that much. But they also collect from their 'member stations"... the majority which also are pooblically funded. The NPR funding shell game is pretty well known. If they were truly left on their own.. they would fold faster then air amerika.... which Soros also mistakenly sunk millions into.

"The most dangerous myth is the demagoguery that business can be made to pay a larger share, thus relieving the individual. Politicians preaching this are either deliberately dishonest, or economically illiterate, and either one should scare us...
Only people pay taxes, and people pay as consumers every tax that is assessed against a business."

Re: No MSM bias to see here... move along..

This is the best info I could find on NPR funding from the wiki page:

In 2009, NPR revenues totaled $164 million, with the bulk of revenues coming from programming fees, grants, contributions and sponsorships.[14] According to the 2009 financial statement, about 40% of NPR revenues come from the fees it charges member stations to receive programming. Typically, NPR member stations raise funds through on-air pledge drives, corporate underwriting, and grants from state governments, universities, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In 2009, member stations derived 6% of their revenue from local funding and 10% of their revenue from the federal funding in the form of CPB grants.[14][15] NPR receives no direct funding from the federal government.[16] About 1.5% of NPR's revenues come from Corporation for Public Broadcasting grants.

During the 1970s and early 1980s, the majority of NPR funding came from the federal government. Steps were taken during the 1980s to completely wean NPR from government support, but the 1983 funding crisis forced the network to make immediate changes. More money to fund the NPR network was raised from listeners, charitable foundations and corporations instead.

Re: No MSM bias to see here... move along..

Like ACORN and other liberal organizations that live on the government teet, they hide behind a complex web woven to make deniability an easy exercise... and they they run out the "direct" government funding denials.

By BD's example, we see how transparency of the government funds is like looking through obsidian.